online tools to track stories & sources

Online tools to

track stories & sources

Power Reporting 2010 – presented by Izak Minnaar, 1 Nov 2010

Power Reporting 2010: Content tracking - presented by Izak Minnaar, SABC News Research, 1 Nov

OverviewTracking stories and sources

RSS feeds & aggregators Personalised news and beat pages

News alerts and custom feedsReaders and dashboardsCreate and manage feeds

Content tracking

Sign in: gmail or Google login

Power Reporting 2010: Content tracking - presented by Izak Minnaar, SABC News Research, 1 Nov

Content tracking RSS feeds; news feeds; news

aggregators News readers:

Programmes to install Feedreader in Internet Explorer 7+/Firefox Online options

RSS in plain English How to use RSS and social media for n

ewsgathering (Paul Bradshaw) Read more on “passive-aggressive

newsgathering”

Power Reporting 2010: Content tracking - presented by Izak Minnaar, SABC News Research, 1 Nov

Tracking news stories Personalised Google news page

Change the format Add content with labels and sections:

Build a beat page Track top stories of the day

Advanced search options Countries Sources

Features & FAQ and Help pages News alerts and news feeds

Power Reporting 2010: Content tracking - presented by Izak Minnaar, SABC News Research, 1 Nov

Readers Subscribe to Google Reader

Browse for stuff: feed bundles Add a subscription for existing/customised feeds:

Feed url Web address Site/publication name Search term

Manage subscriptions; settings How to use Google Reader (Mashable) How to Use Google Reader (Andy Wibbels)

Other options: Newsgator, Bloglines, more feed readers

Power Reporting 2010: Content tracking - presented by Izak Minnaar, SABC News Research, 1 Nov

Dashboards iGoogle

Customise format and contentSet up tabs for different purposesGadgets & widgets

Other option: Netvibes

Power Reporting 2010: Content tracking - presented by Izak Minnaar, SABC News Research, 1 Nov

What if … No RSS feed on a site? Web scraping tools:

Feedity Ponyfish

Too many feeds? Use tools to combine and customise

feeds Blended feeds: xFruits, FeedRinse Mashups – eg Yahoo pipes: SA Media and SAM Create a master feed of all your feeds with

FeedHub

Power Reporting 2010: Content tracking - presented by Izak Minnaar, SABC News Research, 1 Nov

Personalised pages overview Monitoring stories

Google Personalised News Google News Alerts

Monitoring sources Google Reader iGoogle

Monitoring both iGoogle Google Reader

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